When microbes are grown so that their amino acids can be used to produce a product such as Equal sweetener it is an example of of what kind of biotechnology
Food and Consumer Biotechnology
100
Dr. Ian Wilmut continues to do stem cell research for treatment of diabetes but his is best known as the scientist who did what?
Cloned Dolly the Sheep.
100
In 1982, Humunlin was produced by Genetech. What is significant about Humunlin?
It was the First FDA Approved biotech drug
100
Joan loves to solve problems using computers and also likes biology, What field of biotechnology would be good for Joan?
Bioinformatics
100
What is the suffix for someone who is a specialist?
-ologist
200
Fabric Detergents are becoming more effective because of the addition of enzymes to their active ingredients. This is an example of :
Food and Consumer Biotechnology
200
Rosalind Franklin was a scientist in London at King's College in 1950-1952. She played an important part in the discovery of what?
DNA
200
In 2001, President George W. Bush decided to permit federal funding for research using what controversial biotech process?
Existing Stem Cell Lines
200
A phenotype is an observable characteristic of an organism. The phenotype of a lab animal can be determined by looking at what?
A picture.
200
The root word meaning life
Bio
300
Development of vaccines is an example of what kind of biotechnology
Medical Biotechnology.
300
James Watson and Francis Crick were rewarded for their work in the discovery of DNA's structure 1953. What did they win?
A Noble Prize
300
What group of people brewed beer to save the nutrients in wheat in 1750 BC
The Sumerians
300
Mildred the mouse is genetically identical to her mother. Mildred must be what?
A Clone
300
Therm is the root word for what kind of temperature?
Heat or Hot
400
A Flu vaccine in the form of a nasal spray is an example of what kind of biotechnology
Medical Biotechnology
400
Who is known as the father of genetics because of his work with pea plants and hybridization?
Gregor Mendel
400
What year was Dolly the Sheep Cloned?
1997
400
The basic genetic material found in cells is what?
DNA
400
In the word Herbicide, the suffix means what?
causing death
500
How likely is it that some one you know is currently using a product of biotechnology?
Very likely.
500
Hippocrates was the Greek Physician who is known as